I have written of Donald Trump’s election as president as being the greatest political fluke in U.S. history.
Hardly no one saw it coming in 2016. The pundit class, all the political “experts” believed to their core that Hillary Clinton would be elected. She wasn’t. Instead we got a guy who had never sought public office, let alone ever held one. Many of us predicted he would be a disaster as president of the United States.
I hate saying this — yes, I really do hate it — but he’s proven to be far worse than we thought. The Nitwit in Chief has shredded the presidency. He has destroyed relations between the legislative and executive branches of government. Trump has decimated our international alliances. POTUS has turned us into a worldwide laughingstock.
We have a chance in November to rescue what Trump has damaged. The destruction he has brought to intergovernmental relations can be restored by electing someone who understands how the executive and legislative branches can cooperate and seek common ground. Yes, that would be Joe Biden, the former longtime senator and two-term vice president.
However, the wreckage that Trump has brought will be difficult to clear from the landscape.
Time and time and time again, this president refuses to speak to issues that compel his attention. The issue of race relations has returned to the top of our minds. The death of a black man by a white police officer who choked the life out of him for nearly nine minutes has galvanized a movement. Trump doesn’t speak to that tragedy specifically. Instead he quotes racist cops from more than 50 years ago and drives wedges between Americans, relishing the division he is creating and widening.
Yes, we also have the pandemic. Trump’s initial response was pathetic and rotten to the core. Tens of thousands of Americans have died from COVID-19; there will be tens of thousands more who will die. Trump claims success. For what?
Are we really ready to commit the Greatest Political Fluke 2.0 come November? The polling tells us “no!” Then again, it said the same thing four years ago … and look at what we got.
You sure youâre not blind and deaf! All the crap he keeps trying to clean up has come about from the left. You keep living in your make believe world. Every city thatâs having these major problems, have been run by Democrats for decades. And all of this is Trumpâs fault??? The voting problems in Georgia were in Democrat run counties. The counties control how the voting is done. All your side is good at is calling names on those that oppose your opinion. You do exactly what you blame Trump does. Your all grown ass men and you still name call. Iâll have to admit, except for Trump, youâve been pretty good about the name calling. Can you say the same about your âfollowersâ?
From another post about Dallas. Trump denounced Mr. Floydâs death several times. You need to watch it all and not rely on CNN or MSNBC. I will agree he should have had the police chief there. It would have been better optics. I know how you love optics.